Photos: Eight dead as truck barrels down bike path in New York

Nov 01, 2017 10:35 IST

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Emergency crews attend the scene of an alleged terror incident on West Street in Manhattan, New York on October 31 2017. A man in a rented pickup truck mowed down pedestrians and cyclists along a busy bike path near the World Trade Center memorial on Tuesday, killing at least eight and seriously injuring 11 in what the mayor Bill de Blasio called ‘a particularly cowardly act of terror.’ (Andrew Kelly / REUTERS)

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Investigators inspect the truck which plowed into a pedestrian and bike path in Lower Manhattan. The driver was shot in the abdomen by police after jumping out of the truck with what turned out to be paintball and pellet guns and shouting what witnesses said was ‘Allahu Akbar’ authorities said. The man underwent surgery and was in critical condition but was expected to survive. (Don Emmert / AFP)

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Mangled bikes are crushed along a bike path in lower Manhattan in New York on October 31, 2017. Officials speaking on condition of anonymity identified the attacker as 29-year-old Sayfullo Saipov from Uzbekistan and said he came to the US legally in 2010. Uber confirmed late Tuesday night that Saipov was one if its drivers and had been actively driving on the platform for more than six months. (Brendan McDermid / REUTERS)

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A damaged school bus is seen at the scene of a pickup truck attack in Manhattan. The driver barreled along the bike path in a rented Home Depot truck for the equivalent of about 14 blocks, or 1.2 km, before slamming into a small yellow school bus. The mayhem and police gunfire set off panic in the neighborhood. (Sebastian Sobczak / REUTERS)

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A woman is aided by first responders after sustaining injury on a bike path in lower Manhattan. Five of the people killed were Argentine tourists who travelled to New York for a 30-year high school reunion, said a senior official in Santa Fe province, where they were from. Belgian officials said one of those killed and three of the injured were from Belgium. (Brendan McDermid / REUTERS)

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Children are evacuated from a school as emergency personal respond after the truck ramming attack in Lower Manhattan on October 31, 2017. The attack unfolded as nearby schools were letting out on a Halloween afternoon. President Donald Trump responded to the attack on Twitter: ‘In NYC, looks like another attack by a very sick and deranged person. Law enforcement is following this closely. NOT IN THE U.S.A.!’ (Kena Betancur / Getty Images / AFP)

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Emergency personnel carry a man into an ambulance after the attack near the World Trade Center memorial. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo called it a ‘lone wolf’ attack and said there was no evidence to suggest it was part of a wider plot. The city’s police commissioner, James O’Neill, said a statement the driver made as he got out of the truck and the method of attack led police to conclude it was a terrorist act. (Andres Kudacki / AP)

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A young girl reacts as police officers block an area following the shooting incident in New York. Tuesday’s attack was the first deadly terror-related incident in the US financial and entertainment capital since the Al-Qaeda hijackings brought down the Twin Towers, killing more than 2,700 people on 9/11. (Don Emmert / AFP)

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Heavily armed police guard as revelers march during the Greenwich Village Halloween Parade on October 31, 2017, in New York. The city’s always surreal Halloween parade marched on Tuesday evening under the shadow of fear, hours after the truck attack killed several people on a busy city bike path, albeit under tight security and a large police presence. (Andres Kudacki / AP)

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Eight people were killed after a man driving a rented pickup truck mowed down pedestrians and cyclists on a bike path alongside the Hudson River in New York City.